Declan Geraghty To Return on Liam Smith's Undercard on June 4
By Elliot Foster
Declan Geraghty will make his long awaited ring return in the summer.
The Dublin lightweight, 25, has been out of action since last November but has been handed two dates on different cards.
Geraghty (10-1, 2 KOs), who is a southpaw and has four wins since losing by disqualification to Jono Carroll back in November, 2014 , will make his comeback on June 4 in Liverpool.
He will feature as part of the undercard to Liam Smith’s first defence of the WBO super welterweight world title against an opponent to be named at the ECHO Arena, exclusively live on BoxNation.
The show also features his MGM stablemate Tom Stalker, who fights for the first time since his second draw with Craig Evans in December, plus a pair of European title showdowns, with Ryan Farrag defending his bantamweight bauble against Karim Guerfi and Jazza Dickens and Abigail Medina contesting the vacant crown at 122lbs, as well as Paul Butler in a WBO super flyweight title final eliminator in which he’ll defend the WBO International belt and Zolani Tete defending his IBF International bantamweight title.
Meanwhile, Joe Costello (5-0, 3 KOs) will box for the second time in three weeks after he makes his return from a car accident on May 13 at the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Macron Stadium, while Hughie Fury, the undefeated heavyweight and cousin of world champion Tyson, is also set for action.
And Kalam Leather, the brother of undefeated super lightweight Josh Leather (9-0, 3 KOs), will make his professional debut after signing a contract with Frank Warren and Queensberry Promotions.
But before he can focus on his Merseyside date, Geraghty is set for action on May 7 at San Pedro de Alcantara in Spain.
He’ll box alongside the likes of Sean ‘Big Sexy’ Turner (7-0, 5 KOs), Tyrone McKenna (9-0, 3 KOs), Costi Ion (2-1-1, 1 KO), John Hutchinson (5-2-2, 1 KO) and Antonio Tornado on a bill titled ‘Pros and Rookies II’.
